EARLY WARNINGS
CHICAGO SHOWS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IN THE WEEKS TO COME
August Alsina 8/ 20, 8 PM, House of Blues, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM, 17+ Arizona 9/ 11, 7: 30 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Eva Ayllon 7/ 13, 8 PM, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 8 AM Bad Suns 10/ 20, 7: 30 PM, Metro Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires 8/ 12, 10: 30 PM, Beat Kitchen, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Bellows, Big Ups 7/ 20, 7 PM, Beat Kitchen Between the Buried & Me, Contortionist 9/ 30, 6: 30 PM, Bottom Lounge, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Scott H. Biram 8/ 17, 7 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+ Mary J. Blige 7/ 30, 8 PM, Chicago Theatre, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Broken Social Scene, Frightened Rabbit 9/ 29, 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 18+ Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge 9/ 16, 7 PM, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Cigarettes After Sex 10/ 13, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Fri 5/ 19, noon Courtneys 10/ 29, 8: 30 PM, Beat Kitchen, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 11 AM, 17+ Dada 9/5, 7: 30 PM, Schubas, 18+ Tim Darcy 9/ 13, 9 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Desert Noises, Liz Cooper & the Stampede 8/ 17, 9 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Elf Power 7/ 18, 8: 30 PM, Beat Kitchen Escort 6/ 12, 9 PM, Empty Bottle Fabulous Thunderbirds 7/ 16, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM FitzGerald’s American Music Festival with Los Straitjackets, Marshall Crenshaw, Dave Alvin, Shinyribs, Ike Reilly, Marcia Ball Band, Eric Lindell, and more 6/ 307/ 3, FitzGerald’s, Berwyn, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 11 AM Future Generations, Private Island 7/ 26, 8: 30 PM, Beat Kitchen, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM, 17+
Yonatan Gat 6/ 21, 8: 30 PM, Constellation, 18+
Hirax 7/ 29, 7 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+ Drew Neighbors Holcomb 10/ 28,& the7 and 10 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon Imagine Dragons, Grouplove 10/ 18, 7: 30 PM, United Center, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM In the Valley Below 7/ 18, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Kap G 7/ 16, 6: 30 PM, Wire, Berwyn Khalid 8/ 17, 7 PM, House of Blues, on sale Fri 5/ 19, noon Steve Kimock 6/ 30, 11 PM, Metro, 18+ Kooks 10/ 11, 8 PM, the Vic, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 11 AM, 18+ Kendrick Lamar, YG 8/ 20, 7: 30 PM, United Center, on sale Sat 5/ 20, 10 AM Jonny Lang 9/ 23, 9 PM, House of Blues, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM, 17+ Lil B, Stefan Ponce 6/ 8, 9 PM, Metro, 18+ Logic, Joey Bada$$ 8/ 24, 7: 30 PM, Huntington Bank Pavilion Mighty Oaks 9/ 21, 8 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Rhett Miller 7/ 9, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon Mom Jeans 7/2, 7: 30 PM, Subterranean, 17+ Kevin Morby, Shannon Lay 9/ 1, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Fri 5/ 19, noon Mushuganas 6/ 17, 9 PM, Quenchers Saloon The National 12/ 12- 13, 7: 30 PM, Civic Opera House, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Ben Ottewell 9/ 27, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon Palehound, Rips 7/ 7, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Katy Perry 10/ 24, 7 PM, United Center, on sale Mon 5/ 22, 10 AM Madeleine Peyroux 9/ 24- 25, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon Pinback 10/ 11- 12, 9 PM, Bottom Lounge, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM, 17+ Planning for Burial, My Empty
Phantom 7/ 20, 9 PM, Empty Bottle Poi Dog Pondering 9/ 22- 23, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston and 9/ 23, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Public Service Broadcasting 9/ 19, 8 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM R5 6/ 26, 6: 30 PM, Bottom Lounge, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM RAC 10/ 13, 8 PM, Metro, on sale Fri 5/ 19, noon, 18+ Laetitia Ensemble Sadier8/ 29, Source8 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Martin Sexton Trio 10/ 4- 5, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/ 19, noon Simply Three 11/ 3, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/ 19, 10 AM Squirrel Nut Zippers 7/ 16, 5 and 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon UFO, Saxon 10/ 8, 6: 30 PM, Concord Music Hall, 17+ Undergang 7/ 21, 8 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+ William Elliott Whitmore 6/ 26, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/ 18, noon Worriers, Camp Cope 7/ 21, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+